Louisiana
Hurricane Katrina anniversary: How the free market killed New Orleans
August 29, 2025Knowing a momentous storm was heading for the city, what did officials do? They played the free market. Everyone was expected to devise their own way out.
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Governments and firms, including in the U.S., view disaster victims as ‘expendable’
September 19, 2024Peoples World Exclusive: “Run, run, run for your life,” the mother of a Bhopal victim screamed at her daughter during Union Carbide’s deadly leak in the middle of the night.
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La tormenta Beryl desata fuertes vientos y lluvias; deja 2 millones sin electricidad
July 8, 2024Beryl dejó un rastro de destrucción letal por partes de México y el Caribe antes de girar hacia Texas.
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Race relations North/South, today/yesterday, city/plantation
November 17, 2023NEW ORLEANS — New Orleans Opera (NOO) promoted its production of Blue as “the southern premiere of the most talked-about new American opera.” I’d been meaning to get back to the Crescent City to see it...
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Saltwater creeps up the Mississippi River, endangering drinking water for millions
October 5, 2023Is it a case of environmental management gone bad?
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